History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E24TooFar

* TheReveal: Amethyst is "defective" because she stayed in the ground too long, and she would have looked much larger and more intimidating if she had come out on time. Jasper and Amethyst's odd similarities are because they are both varieties of quartz, and Peridot implies that Amethyst, if "properly" hatched, would probably look a lot like a purple version of Jasper.

* NoteToSelf: Steven gives Peridot a tape recorder to replace her lost screen, which she uses extensively.

* WingdingEyes: Steven gets dizzy swirls in his after he's been spun around by the drill.

* BreakTheCutie: Peridot does this to Amethyst when she calls her a defective version of Jasper.

* JustJokingJustification: Peridot tries to play off her claims that Amethyst is defective as a joke. She eventually realizes her mistake and gives a pre-recorded apology.

** Peridot already used the term "touch stumps" in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E18FriendShip Friend Ship]].

** Peridot already used the word "touch stumps" in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E18FriendShip Friend Ship]].

** In Peridot's defence, however, this happens more as a result of her ignorance and fear rather than outright malice. On Homeworld, fusions are tools of weaponry as well as homogenous, ie. two Pearls into a buffer Pearl. The fact that Garnet is a near perma-fusion and not actually fighting puts her on edge, and the fact that Garnet consists of two different gems makes her an aberration in Peridot's eyes. Well, that and Garnet has previously poofed her with her bare hands, it stands to reason that Peridot is more afraid of what she would do to her than anything else.

* CultureClash: Fusion on Homeworld is thought of as just a means to an end while fighting, so Peridot finds Garnet's constant state of fusion confusing and disturbing. Garnet, in turn, is filled with [[TranquilFury [=SuppressedRage=] barely suppressed rage]] at the idea of fusion being something of offense.

* CultureClash: Fusion on Homeworld is thought of as just a means to an end while fighting, so Peridot finds Garnet's constant state of fusion confusing and disturbing. Garnet, in turn, is filled with [[SuppressedRage barely suppressed rage]] at the idea of fusion being something of offense.

* SherlockScan: Peridot is able to deduce the details of Amethyst's birth from nothing but her stature and the hole she was born from in the Kindergarten. She is a "certified Kindergartener", after all.

* CultureClash: Fusion on Homeworld is thought of as just a means to an end while fighting, so Peridot finds Garnet's constant state of fusion confusing and disturbing. Garnet, in turn, is filled with [[SuppressedRage barely suppressed rage]] at the idea of fusion being something offense.

* CallARabbitASmeerp: Peridot has [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness excessively complicated]] terms for tools and body parts. To her, a screwdriver is a "leverage optimizer", a nose is a "scent sponge", an eye is a "vision sphere", fingers are "touch stumps", legs are "gravity connectors", and a butt [[SubvertedTrope is a "butt"]].

* BerserkButton:
** Peridot tells Garnet that her constant fusion makes her uncomfortable, with a mildly disgusted undertone. Seconds later, Garnet ties her to a fence.
** Amethyst gets angry at Peridot when she calls her defective.

** Peridot tells Garnet to unfuse because she's making Peridot "incredibly uncomfortable". LGBT viewers probably recognized an argument against any kind of overt public displays of affection (say, holding hands).

** Peridot calls Amethyst “defective” and tries to compliment her by acknowledging that Amethyst is still just as powerful as a “normal” Quartz. And it’s totally offensive. This scene might have hit home with some disabled viewers, or anyone who’s been told that they're wrong “genetically speaking.”

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Peridot tells Garnet to unfuse because she's making Peridot "incredibly uncomfortable". LGBT viewers probably recognized an argument against any kind of overt public displays of affection (say, holding hands).

* WhatIsThisFeeling: When Peridot starts feeling bad after Amethyst starts ignoring her, the best way she can describe it is feeling "small". And after apologizing to Amethyst and having her accept it she describes it as feeling "big".

** Peridot is this as usual, only she accidentally goes too far and gets Amethyst mad at her.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Peridot didn't mean to hurt Amethyst's feelings by describing her as defective--far from it; she's actually sucking up to her--she just didn't realize that what she was saying had upset her.

* NoSocialSkills: Peridot has no idea that what she's saying to Amethyst is offensive to her until Steven outright spells it out to her, and even then she has trouble apologizing. Part of this seems to be lack of practice socializing with other Gems.

* TheReveal: Amethyst is "defective" because she stayed in the ground too long, and she would have looked much larger and more intimidating if she had come out on time. Jasper and Amethyst's odd similarities are because they are both varieties of quartz, and Peridot implies that Amethyst, if properly hatched, would probably look a lot like a purple version of Jasper.

To get away from feeling bad that she's hurt Amethyst, Peridot gets into the cockpit of the drill machine and begins tinkering with the c0ntrol panel. But she accidentally starts it up. It begins whirling willy-nilly all over the yard, throwing Peridot off as the cockpit didn't even have a seat, let alone a seat belt, installed yet. Steven jumps into action to scramble into the cockpit.

A sullen Amethyst is knocked to safety by Peridot before the drill can poof her, and Steven finally yanks the control panel out, stopping the drill, which slows, stops, and falls over.

To get away from feeling bad that she's hurt Amethyst, Peridot gets into the cockpit of the drill machine and begins tinkering with the panel. But she accidentally starts it up. It begins whirling willy-nilly all over the yard, throwing Peridot off as the cockpit didn't even have a seat, let alone a seat belt, installed yet. Steven jumps into action to get into the cockpit.

Getting back to the project at hand, the Gems have decided they're nearly ready but they need a drill head. Peridot suggests going back to the Kindergarten and using an injector drill head. Garnet says Peridot is not permitted to back to the Kindergarten without a chaperone. Amethyst and Steven go along.

Amethyst teases Peridot for being a nerd while they seek out an appropriate drill head. Peridot likes the newer ones for being prettier with a finer finish but ultimately decides on an older one. Amethyst entertains herself by egging Peridot on to rant about Garnet, Pearl, and Steven, until she embarrasses Steven into demanding Peridot find something else to talk about. Peridot tells Amethyst that she doesn't understand why she listens to Garnet and Pearl, given Homeworld methodology, she as a Quartz, outranks them both and should be a powerful soldier. Amethyst is bemused and intrigued at the idea of being in charge, encouraging Peridot to go on. Peridot does, but in her methodical, scientific, insensitive way, doesn't know when to stop. She finds Amethyst's hole and tells her she came out too late, which is why she's so small; as a Quartz, she should have been huge, tall and intimidating, but she's small and defective. Amethyst grows sullen and silent, but obediently uses her whip to cut the drill head off when Peridot asks and they return to the barn.

* ExpospeakGag: Peridot has strange technical terms for everything (noses are "sense sponges, feet are "gravity connectors", and so on). Amethyst thinks they're funny and delights in making Peridot say them.

* SherlockScan: Peridot is able to deduce the details of Amethyst's birth from nothing but her stature and the hole she was born from in the Kindergarten. But then again, she is a "certified Kindergartener", after all.

-->'''Pearl''': To think we'd be using the same technology that started all this to fix it! This drill is pure irony!
-->'''Peridot''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Actually, it's mostly carbonite.]]
-->'''Steven''': Would that make it...''[[IncrediblyLamePun carbony?]]''

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Peridot tells Garnet to unfuse because she's making Peridot "incredibly uncomfortable". Queer viewers probably recognized an argument against any kind of queer public displays of affection (say, holding hands).

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Until Peridot told her, Amethyst had no idea she was meant to be a powerful and intimidating warrior like Jasper.

* TheReveal: Amethyst is "defective" because she stayed in the ground too long, and she would have looked much larger and more intimidating if she had come out on time.
** This also confirms a minor fan theory about Jasper and Amethyst's odd similarities - they are both varieties of quartz, and Peridot implies that Amethyst, if properly hatched, would probably look a lot like a purple version of Jasper.

* SpecialEditionTitle: Instead of the giant hand of the temple and Steven's laundry, it's the fence of the barn and Steven's laundry because Team Universe is there to assemble the drill. Likely to persist until the drill is finished.